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زعك

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes shortness and a compact build, often with negative connotations of meanness or unpleasantness. It can also refer to stoutness, particularly in camels, and sometimes implies being aged or emaciated.

Derived headwords

الأَزْعَكِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    short and meanclassical

    Describes someone who is short in stature and ignoble or mean-spirited.

  2. 2.
    agedclassical

    Refers to someone who is old or advanced in years.

  3. 3.
    emaciatedclassical

    Describes someone who is thin and gaunt.

زَعْكُوكadjective
  1. 1.
    short and compact

    Describes a person who is short and compactly built.

الزَّعْكُوكnoun
  1. 1.
    fat camelclassical

    Refers to a stout or fat camel.

زَعَاكِيكnoun
  1. 1.
    fat camelsclassical

    Plural form for stout or fat camels.

زَعَاكِكnoun
  1. 1.
    fat camelsclassical

    Another plural form for stout or fat camels.

Parallel reading

على كل كهل أزعكي ويافع
Upon every short and mean old man and youth.
من اللؤم، سربال جديد البنائق
From meanness, a new garment of fine cloth.
ورجل زعكوك: قصير مجتمع الخلق
And a man is 'za'kūk': short, of compact build.
والزعكوك من الإبل: السمين
And the 'za'kūk' among camels: the fat one.
زعاكيك، لا إن يعجلون لصنعة
Fat camels, they do not hasten to work.
إذا علقتهم بالقني الحبائل
If you entangle them with ropes.
وزعاكك أيضا
And 'za'kik' also.
تستن أولاد لها زعاكك
Their young ones, who are fat, are being led.